PC screen crashing and PC locks up when playing games

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jimbobcox

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my pc just randomly freezes and so the only way to turn off is the power button, so basically i got a computer and built the parts up from scratch, my PSU is new so it cant be a problem with that, my graphics card is around 4+ yrs old and my mother board is new, so are my ram sticks and im using EVGA Precision XOC to monitor my usage and temp and it hasnt once been a temp problem. ive had this problem since i made the PC, i originally had windows 7 but upgraded to windows 10 at around the start of january hoping things would be fixed but to my surprise my games kept locking up. these games range from subnautica to battlefield 1 to War thunder. ive uninstalled steam, the games ive used DDU to unisntall my drivers then reinstall them. ive had my PC since November and i dont know where to go from here. my brother (who is currently at uni) says it has to be a software problem but im not sure. i can watch HD streams and stuff but when playing games my PC locks up. Alt + Tab doesnt work neither does alt + F4 so i need some thing to help here. it will crash in about 5 mins to over and 1hr of game time so its random. the highest ive had my temp is 80 Celcius which is playing Battlefield without tweaking my fan speed. i havent overclocked anything, nor underclock its basically never been tampered with.

specs


Processor

Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7400 CPU @ 3.00GHz
Speed: 3.0GHz
Number of Cores: 4
Model: 9E

RAM: 8 GB

Video Card

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Chipset: GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Dedicated Memory: 2.0 GB
Total Memory: 4.0 GB
Pixel Shader Version: 5.0
Vertex Shader Version: 5.0
Hardware T & L: Yes
Device: 1183
Driver Version: 23.21.13.8871


Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (build 10240), 64-bit
Service Pack: 0
Size: 64-bit
Edition: NVIDIA
Version: 10.0.10240
Locale: 0809


BIOS: Default System BIOS
Version: American Megatrends Inc. 0601
Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
Date: 12/22/16

hope this helps and please say if ive put some personal stuff on here last thing i need is to be hacked right now.
 
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I play a lot of Call of Duty and Battlefield 3 & 4. Sometimes I'll crash in the middle of a game and have to restart it. And then there's the reoccurring crash. I know this is gonna sound weird but there were times I uninstalled and reinstalled game and gpu drivers with no effect to the crashing. Then a friend told me to set the games on 'default' or 'reset'. He said with online gaming the server sites remember the crashes like a game setting and have to be erased. To do that you need to reset or set the game back to default. Write down your game settings before you do this as they will be gone. This cured my crashes.
Hope this helps.
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jimbobcox

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didnt mean to vote down, define system specs,

Description: DW blue 1.82TB
Compressed: No
File System: NTFS
Size 1.82 TB (
Free Space 1.52 TB
Volume Name: ?
Volume Serial Number BAC68E43

my psu:

corsair cx600.

ive reinstalled all drivers tried uninstalling and reinstalling im currently testing to see if my GPU is the problem by removing it and trying the games after that. apologies if those hard drive specs are wrong im not necessarily a pro at this. and define system specs please.

 
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ive found the problem my graphics card is faulty, i think because its 4+ years its coming to the end of its life ive been running without it all day and i haven't encountered any problems thanks to all for this help and i will com back to this tread or make a new one if problems persist. :p
 
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I play a lot of Call of Duty and Battlefield 3 & 4. Sometimes I'll crash in the middle of a game and have to restart it. And then there's the reoccurring crash. I know this is gonna sound weird but there were times I uninstalled and reinstalled game and gpu drivers with no effect to the crashing. Then a friend told me to set the games on 'default' or 'reset'. He said with online gaming the server sites remember the crashes like a game setting and have to be erased. To do that you need to reset or set the game back to default. Write down your game settings before you do this as they will be gone. This cured my crashes.
Hope this helps.
 
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